G/TBT/N/USA/1808  
6 December 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Department of 
the Treasury [1836]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Distilled 
spirits plants; Alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.10), Plants and equipment for the food 
industry (ICS 67.260)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Modernization 
of Permit and Registration Application Requirements f or Distilled Spirits Plants (21 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - In this notice of proposed 
rulemaking, the Alcohol and Tobacco  Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes deregulatory 
amendments to the  regulations t o modernize and streamline the permit application for  
distilled spirits plants and for users and dealers of specially  denatured alcohol and tax -
free alcohol. The proposed amendments also  relax some reporting requirements 
associated with changes to the  business of those holding such permits and registrations. 
Some of these  proposed liberalizing amendments would also apply to all Federal  Alcohol 
Administration Act basic permit holders (including wineries,  and importers and 
wholesalers of distilled spirits, wi ne, and malt  beverages) and to alcohol beverage 
dealers. The proposed amendments are  a result of TTB's evaluation of its permit and 
registration application  requirements and consideration of relevant public comments 
submitted to  the Treasury Department in response to its request for 
recommendations  concerning regulations that can be eliminated, modified, or 
streamlined  in order to reduce burdens. TTB believes the amendments proposed in  this 
document will significantly reduce the time needed to complete an  application for a permit 
or registration.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity 
enhancement  G/TBT/N/USA/1808  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 68573, 3 December 2021; Title 27 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 1, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27, 28, and 31:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-12-03/html/2021 -25721.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-12-03/pdf/2021 -25721.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number TTB -2021-0010. 
The Docket Folder is available on Regulations. gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/TTB -2021-0010/document  and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by the 
USA TB T Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders by or before 4 p.m.  
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 1 February 2022 will be shared with the regulator and 
will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  1 February 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7566_00_e.pdf